James E Whiting (22 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Where Wild Birds Sing: Notes of a Naturalist, James E. Whiting. Published by Sydney C. Mayle, London, 1898. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 158pp. Brown cloth boards with gilt titles front and spine. In very good condition. A collection of nature essays, originally written as weekly contributions to the Hampstead and Highgate Express, documenting birdlife and local flora throughout the changing seasons.…

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Hard. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Second Edition. Boards rubbed and stained, sunned, spine browned, uncut closed edges browned, corners lightly bumped, endpapers foxed, previous owner's inscription to title page, edges of pages browned but clear to read, closed tear to reading edge of page 17 (1.5 cms), string binding loose in places but pp secure. Size: 8vo.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. 12mo. Pamphlet. pp 24, 8. Original oft moss green paper wraps. Copiously illustrated in black and white. Very good indeed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Pond & Campbell, 1905. First edition, 1905. Tan cloth printed in dark brown, title page and section titles printed in black and orange, illustrated from black and white photos throughout, 214 pages. Good to very good condition with some modest wear to corners and spine ends, good hinges (rear hinge internally reglued and secure), text block sound, pages clean, 1907 gift notation in beautiful cursive writing on a preliminary blank, no other names or markings. Well-illustrated history of Springfield, Massachusetts, with discussion of its educational institutions, art and literary groups, military history, religious and charitable associations, social life, commerce, biographies of prominent individuals, ETC. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Deaccessioned from a Harvard University library, originally the gift of Charles T. Brues, who is the author of a few of the works in this collection; spine labels are black morocco leather with gilt lettering; binding has light wear and minor soil; spine is sunned; front hinge is cracked between the title page and the contents page, holding; interior and fore edge have some foxing, especially on the endpapers and the pages at front and back; text clean (with one manuscript correction). Includes: myrmecophilous beetles, genus xenodusa -- new diptera, phoridae from paraguay -- ant nest coccinellid -- new species of peripatus from grenada -- pezomachini of north america -- parasites of simulium larvae -- phoridae of formosa -- leopard moth, boston -- quiescent stage, termes flavipes kollar -- new fungus-growing ants from texas -- 3 new ants from mexico -- new species of phoridae -- parabiosis in brazilian ants -- brazilian ichneumonidae & braconidae -- parasites of simulium larvae -- function of oenocytes of insects -- house fly and city garbage -- revision of ants of genus formica -- ants of genus myrmecocystus wesmael -- habits of central american stingless bees -- stable fly and infantile paralysis -- corethra albipes -- mallophaga from brazilian birds -- housefly parasite -- ants of cuba -- chaetotaxy of calliphorinae -- 2 new forms of peripatus from haiti -- geog. dist. of stable fly -- new parasitic hymenoptera from british guiana. All 29 works are present and accounted for (the 30th work -- no. 53 -- was withdrawn from inclusion in this volume according to the printed table of contents). Large, heavy volume. [otob: 58r].…

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Half-Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket As Issued. First edition / 1st Printing. First Edition / First Printing. This is a compilation book composed of 7 pamphlets bound as 1 book. Bound in medium blue cloth with yellow cloth spine, original covers & sizes intact. Biblio ref. #, date of publication & pages. CALL : 95 - 1886, 24pp ; 131 - 1891, 62pp ; 139 - 1892, 48pp ; 181 - 1898, 52pp. LOVELL : 305 - 1955, 32pp ; 271 - 1950, 64pp ; 173 - 1935, 54pp. Good, no dust jackets as issued, there is some wear to the original paper covers of the pamphlets, several have tape repairs on the edges. 13.5 x 18. hard cover. B1853 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.…